[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hide/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hide # hide verb (hide, hides, hid, hidden, hiding); noun (hide, hides) «hide» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To hide means to put something where it cannot be seen or found. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#m1) 2. To hide is also to go where others cannot see or find you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#m2) 3. To hide a feeling is to keep it secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#m3) 4. A hide is an animal's skin, used to make leather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#m4) 5. A hide is also a small hut where people watch birds without being seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#m5) ### In the lessons In maths: things hidden and found: the hidden ones are part of the total: hidden = total − found; each box with the same number makes a rate. In games: hide-and-seek. In science: animals hide using camouflage. Safety: never hide in fridges, car boots or places you cannot get out of. Phrases: hide-and-seek, hide away, in hiding, hide from, hidden treasure. ### Examples - She hid 12 eggs; the kids found 9. How many are still hidden? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x1) - Tom hides 3 coins in each box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x2) - 5 cats hide under the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x3) - How many did he hide in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x4) - Let us play hide-and-seek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x5) - The pirates hid the treasure on an island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x6) - The chameleon hides by changing colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x7) - He tried to hide his tears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x8) - We watched the ducks from the bird hide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x9) - Or is it his wrinkled hide? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/#x10) ### Note Irregular verb: hide, hid, hidden. Hidden = total − found. Each box with the same number makes a rate. Trap: «hid 3 in each of 4 boxes» means 12 in all. ## In Jewish tradition To conceal, or to turn away and ignore. "Hide thyself" from a lost animal means to pretend not to see it. In the psalms, when God "hides His face", it is a picture of God seeming far away and not helping, or of God turning from a person's sins. **Interpretation.** The law of returning a lost animal is a duty: one may not look away. God asking whether He should "hide" from Abraham shows Abraham as a friend who is told God's plans. The "hidden face" of God is read as a time of trouble when God seems absent, and the prayer is that He return. ### Examples - And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing; (Torah GEN.18.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/#x1) - Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves, perish from before thee. (Torah DEU.7.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/#x2) - Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother. (Torah DEU.22.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/#x3) - How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me? (Writings PSA.13.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/#x4) - How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? (Writings PSA.89.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/#x5) - Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. (Writings PSA.51.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/#x6) ### Note Irregular verb: hide, hid, hidden. Hidden = total − found. Each box with the same number makes a rate. Trap: «hid 3 in each of 4 boxes» means 12 in all. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «hide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hide.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «hide» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hide» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hide.html) on Mova free.